1. (v. t.) To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date --opposed to postdate\; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.

2. (v. t.) To precede in time.

3. (v. t.) To anticipate; to make before the true time.

4. (n.) Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

4. (n.) Anticipation.

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